Marion-Morrow Times

There were 971 multiracial students enrolled in Marion County schools in the 2023-24 school year, 8% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Ohio Department of Education & Workforce.

Data showed that Marion County welcomed 11,419 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, multiracial students comprised 8.5% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 23 schools in Marion County, TRECA Digital Academy recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 174 students.

In 2022, Ohio saw an average student-to-teacher ratio of approximately 1:15, which is an improvement for the state and is lower than the national average of 1:16.

Despite the apparent improvement, this positive trend is overshadowed by a general decline in public school enrollments, which was accelerated by the pandemic. This decline, aligned with the steady number of teachers in the state over the last 10 years, has led to low student-to-teacher ratios.

School name	% of multiracial students enrolment	Total enrollment
TRECA Digital Academy	8.6	2,024
Harding High School	13.1	902
Ulysses S. Grant Middle School	10.5	905
George Washington Elementary School	17.4	442
William H. Taft Elementary School	17.6	404
Benjamin Harrison Elementary School	15.7	363
William McKinley Elementary School	14	392
James A. Garfield Elementary School	14.2	374
Rutherford B. Hayes Elementary School	14.5	262
River Valley Middle School	6.7	476
Buckeye Community School - Marion	6.1	508
Liberty Elementary School	6.8	413
River Valley High School	5.3	450
Elgin Elementary School	4.9	465
Pleasant Elementary School	3.9	492
Ridgedale Elementary School	5.7	315
Heritage Elementary School	3.4	499
Ridgedale Junior-Senior High School	5	301
Pleasant Middle School	3.4	412
Marion Preparatory Academy	6.6	183
Elgin High School	0	251
Elgin Middle School	0	253
Pleasant High School	0	333